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The Niger Bend Catalog
A Selection of Our Best Items



Categories:
2 Dimensional Art - Signs and Paintings
Animals - Chameleons
Animals - Crocodiles
Animals - Elephants
Animals - Horses & Equestrians
Animals - Lions
Animals - Others
Animals - Turtles
Beads
Brass figures
Catalog
Ceramics
Clothing
Containers
Contemporary Metal
Contemporary Wood
Currency
Doors
Drums & Musical Instruments
Erotic Art
Ethnographic items
Furniture
Games
Gold of African Royalty
Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags
Iron
Islamic Art
Jewelry
Jewelry Components
Leather Traditional Items
Market baskets
Masks
Masks - Authenticated
Masks - Collector Quality
Masks - Passport
Neolithic items
Photographs
Pipes
Statues - Couples & Twins
Statues - Heads, Busts
Statues - Mothers with children
Textiles
Toys
Travel in Africa
Weapons
Wood statues
Wood Statues - Ibejis

Tribes:
Abron
Ashanti
Baga
Bamana
Bamileke
Bariba
Baule
Benoue
Bete
Bobo
Bozo
Bwa
Chokwe
Dan
Dan NGuere
Djenne Djeno
Djerma
Djimini
Dogon
Ewe
Fang
Fanti
Fon
Fulani
Gourmantche
Guro
Gurunsi
Haitian
Hausa
Ibibio
Ibo
Idjo
Ikiti
Kuba
Kurumba
Lobi
Malinke
Marka
Mauritanian
Mende
Moba
Mossi
Nafana
Nake
Ngonde
No tribal association
Nupe
Orobo
Senufo
Tagbana
Tamberma
Tuareg
unknown tribe
Wodaabe
Wolof
Yaure
Yoruba

Countries:
All Subsaharan countries
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Congo
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
Haiti
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Togo
West Africa
Yoruba
(click on photos for larger images)

photoGuelede mask featuring couple copulating - Nigeria - Yoruba $500.00

photo3 Shangos - Nigeria - Yoruba $250.00
Click on the photo to see all 3 shangos. The first one is 11". The second is 17" ($350.) The third is 15" ($300.)

photoPregnant woman body - Benin - Yoruba $450.00

photoCeremonial vessel - Nigeria - Yoruba $900.00
This 7 1/2" tall object is a fine reproduction of an 11th century Ife piece. There is a male figure "wrapped around a vessel positioned on the circular platform of a stool. The figure holds the looped handle of the stool with its left hand and a scepter in its right." The original is made of zinc brass and measures 4 7/8" tall and is the property of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria.

photoEquestrian - Nigeria - Yoruba $2500.00

photoThird Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
8 1/2" Please click on the image to see other views of this beautiful figure.

photoEpa ceremony Gelede mask - Nigeria - Yoruba $1800.00
This mask is 43" tall. It is used during the annual Epa festival which celebrates the important social roles of a town: its chiefs, farmers, warriors, hunters, priests, and women. The climax of the festival occurs when male dancers appear, surrounded by their followers and wearing tall, heavy masks like this one, receiving salutations, praise names, and songs. This mask celebrates a warrior, represented by the equestrian figure which it the central theme of the mask. Please click on the image to see a side view of this beautiful mask.

photoBrass turtle equestrian pot - Nigeria - Yoruba $495.00

photoIfe head - Nigeria - Yoruba $1200.00
This beautiful ceramic Ife head measures 14"; the overall measurement is 17" tall.

photoTwin figures - first pair - Nigeria - Yoruba $900.00
9" tall. Please click to see another view

photosingle male ibeji - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
10 1/4" tall. Please click on the image to see 2 more views of this old, authentic figure.

photoSecond Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
10 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to see other views which show the pronounced facial scarification which distinguishes this fine piece.

photoMartins Omowumi John - Oshogbo artist - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
I met Martins in the Fall of 2003 after he found this website and contacted me to ask me to showcase his paintings here. I was impressed by his aggressive promotion of his art and I loved his paintings. In the 1960s a European artist went to southwestern Nigeria to Oshogbo in Yorubaland. She set up an art school to teach young Nigerians to paint using European techniques with their own uniquely African inspiration. Martins is a modern day student of that school. He was born in Lagos State on April 4th 1974. In 1984 his father, who worked for the National Electric Power Authority of Nigeria, was transfered to Oshogbo in Osun State and moved his 10 children there with him. He is the second of 10 children and the first to grow up in the Land of Art and Culture which is Oshogbo. Growing up surrounded by that artistic presence convinced him that was his destiny. Martins only income is from the sale of his paintings. His dream is to see his work spread around the world. Please click on Martins portrait to see 1 of his paintings. It measures 20 1/2 x 25". It is entitled Togetherness. Its price is $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, below. Please see more of Martins paintings a short way further down this page and also at the bottom of the page.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Second set - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
Martins signs his paintings "Wumight". This painting is entitled The Trumpets. Please click on this image to view 2 more: the second one is entitled Dancing to the Rhythms, the third is Drummer and Dancer. All of the Wumight paintings we have on this site are the same size, 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, below.

photoWumight Oshogbo paintings - Third Set - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled Peak of the Drum. Please click on the image to view another of Martins paintings, entitled Jubilation. They both measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, below.

photoWumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 4 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled The Deep Thinker. Please click on this image to view 2 more: The 2nd one is Sekere Player, the 3rd is Harvest. All measure the same, 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, below. Please see more of Martins work at the bottom of this page.

photoFourth Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $350.00
9" tall. Please click the image to see more views.

photoFifth ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
9" tall. Please click on the image for more views of this very fine figure.

photoSixth Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $450.00
10 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for more views of this very beautiful ibeji.

photoSeventh Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
11" tall. Please click on the image for more views of this very beautiful ibeji.

photoEighth Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
11 1/2" tall. Please click on the image for more views of this very fine ibeji.

photoNinth Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $250.00
13" tall. Please click on the image for another view of this fine Ibeji.

photoSecond Ibeji twin couple - Nigeria - Yoruba $600.00
9" tall. Please click on the image for another view of this beautiful pair of twins.

photoThird pair of Ibeji twins - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
One is 10 1/4" tall, the other 10 3/4" tall. Please click on the image to see another view.

photoTenth Ibeji figure - Nigeria - Yoruba $300.00
10 3/4" tall. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this Ibeji.

photoFourth pair of Ibeji twins - Nigeria - Yoruba $300.00
8" tall. Please click on the image for 2 more views of this nice pair.

photoBenin brass head - Nigeria - Yoruba $1950.00
14 1/2" tall.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 5 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled The Instrumentalist. Please click on the image to see 2 more of Martins paintings. The second one is Thirsting in the Desert. The third one is called The Power of Affection. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, below.

photoThe Entertainer - FRAMED Martins Omowumi John painting - Nigeria - Yoruba $500.00
This painting of Martins has been framed to show one way we can frame your painting. Most of the paintings of his that we sell are sold UNFRAMED but we can frame them, in this or other ways, if you prefer. The overall dimensions are 26 1/4 x 21 1/2". The frame is a simple wood: oak, maple, walnut, cherry, depending on availability, with plexiglass.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 6 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
All of these paintings are unnamed. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, above.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 7 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
All of these paintings are unnamed. Please click on the image to see 2 more of Martins great contemporary African paintings. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, above.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 8 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled The Abundance of the River. Please click on the image to see 2 more of Martins paintings. The second and third are unnamed. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, above.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 9 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled Merry Makers. Please click on the image to see 2 more of Martins paintings. The second one is Jubilation. The third one is called The Generational Houses. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, above.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 10 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled The Entertainer. Please click on the image to see 2 more of Martins paintings. The second one is The Elite of the Village. The third one is called The Drum Player. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, above.

photoMore Wumight Oshogbo paintings - Set 11 - Nigeria - Yoruba $400.00
This painting is entitled Dancing to the Drum. Please click on the image to see 2 more of Martins paintings. The second one is The Drummer. The third one is called The Beggar. They all measure 20 1/2 x 25". Each is the same price, $400, UNFRAMED. If you would like for us to frame yours for you, we can do it for just $100 more. See The Entertainer, framed, above.

 
 
Categories: | 2 Dimensional Art - Signs and Paintings | Animals - Chameleons | Animals - Crocodiles | Animals - Elephants | Animals - Horses & Equestrians | Animals - Lions | Animals - Others | Animals - Turtles | Beads | Brass figures | Catalog | Ceramics | Clothing | Containers | Contemporary Metal | Contemporary Wood | Currency | Doors | Drums & Musical Instruments | Erotic Art | Ethnographic items | Furniture | Games | Gold of African Royalty | Haitian Art - Voodoo Flags | Iron | Islamic Art | Jewelry | Jewelry Components | Leather Traditional Items | Market baskets | Masks | Masks - Authenticated | Masks - Collector Quality | Masks - Passport | Neolithic items | Photographs | Pipes | Statues - Couples & Twins | Statues - Heads, Busts | Statues - Mothers with children | Textiles | Toys | Travel in Africa | Weapons | Wood statues | Wood Statues - Ibejis | Tribes: | Abron | Ashanti | Baga | Bamana | Bamileke | Bariba | Baule | Benoue | Bete | Bobo | Bozo | Bwa | Chokwe | Dan | Dan NGuere | Djenne Djeno | Djerma | Djimini | Dogon | Ewe | Fang | Fanti | Fon | Fulani | Gourmantche | Guro | Gurunsi | Haitian | Hausa | Ibibio | Ibo | Idjo | Ikiti | Kuba | Kurumba | Lobi | Malinke | Marka | Mauritanian | Mende | Moba | Mossi | Nafana | Nake | Ngonde | No tribal association | Nupe | Orobo | Senufo | Tagbana | Tamberma | Tuareg | unknown tribe | Wodaabe | Wolof | Yaure | Yoruba | Countries: | All Subsaharan countries | Benin | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Congo | Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea | Haiti | Ivory Coast | Liberia | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Senegal | Togo | West Africa |
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